Crime & Safety
Have You Seen This Semi? Arlington Heights Police Want Help Finding Stolen Truck
Tollway records show the semitrailer truck was taken some time between Dec. 2 and 27 of last year, police said.
ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, IL — Car theft, while brazen, is a fairly pedestrian criminal offense, and in many cases, the vehicle's owner has aided the theft by leaving the doors unlocked or the keys on the front seat.
But stealing a semitrailer truck? That's an automotive chassis of a different color. Semis are big, noisy and require specialized knowledge to drive them. Not even Nicolas Cage and Angelina Jolie tried to steal a tractor-trailer in "Gone in 60 Seconds."¹
Arlington Heights police, however, are investigating just that type of thievery after the owner of a white 2009 Volvo tractor truck recently reported it stolen.
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The victim parked the truck, which wasn't hooked up to a trailer, on Dec. 2 in a business parking lot near Dundee Road and Route 53 in the village, police said. He then left it in the lot for a little more than two months.
When the victim returned Feb. 12, he discovered the semi had been stolen, which means it was gone in 60 days.
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Tri-State Tollway records show the truck traveled northbound through the Touhy Avenue toll plaza in Des Plaines on Dec. 27, according to police.
The vehicle carries Illinois license plates P920084, and "Square Transportation Solutions" is written in black letters on both sides of the sleeper cab.
Anyone with information about the semitrailer truck and its theft can submit an anonymous tip the following ways:
- text keyword 847AHPD and your message to 847411
- call Arlington Heights Crime Stoppers at 8470-590-7867 (STOP).
Callers are guaranteed anonymity, and they might qualify for a cash reward of up to $1,000.
FOOTNOTE
¹No big rig was stolen in the 2000 remake of "Gone in 60 Seconds," but a semitrailer truck — a 1971 Freightliner WFT 6364, codename "Frances" — was heisted in the 1974 original.
This 2009 white Volvo tractor truck was stolen some time between Dec. 2 and 27. (photo via the Arlington Heights)
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